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    February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.
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    Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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    Canada's new flag, with its maple leaf design, was unfurled in 1965 in Ottawa!
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    In the 1930's, American track star Jesse Owens used to race against horses and dogs to earn a living.
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    The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1914.
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    In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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